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Jesse Lyons
Freshman
Defense
Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown High School West
High School: Three-year starter and letterwinner at Smithtown High School West for Tom Lips • played as a center midfielder as a sophomore and junior before switching to center back as a senior • earned all-league honors as a junior and all-county plaudits as a senior • also a member of the high school swim team • landed on the honor roll while also a member of the National Honor Society • was also a member of the New York State Math Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society • Financial Literacy Scholar.
Personal: Jesse Tyler Lyons • son of Marty and Christine Lyons • father was a standout football player at the University of Alabama and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame • has three siblings, brothers Rocky and Luke and sister Megan • pregame superstitions include tying his cleats twice • lists his father as biggest influence because he is his biggest fan and critic and wants him to push himself • biology major at Delaware with aspirations to become a medical doctor.
